diff --git a/tools/md-thumb-restore.php b/tools/md-thumb-restore.php
index 77e30a30..2f3c01b9 100755
--- a/tools/md-thumb-restore.php
+++ b/tools/md-thumb-restore.php
@@ -27,7 +27,20 @@
 			$newdir=$data_dir.sprintf('%05d',floor(($duuid2[0]+0.1)/100)*100).'-'.sprintf('%05d',ceil(($duuid2[0]+0.1)/100)*100-1)."/".$duuid2[0];
 			print $dir."\n";
 			$dir=$backup_dir.trim($duuid2[1]);
+			@rrmdir($newdir);
 			rename($dir,$newdir);
 		}
 	}
+ function rrmdir($dir) {
+   if (is_dir($dir)) {
+     $objects = scandir($dir);
+     foreach ($objects as $object) {
+       if ($object != "." && $object != "..") {
+         if (filetype($dir."/".$object) == "dir") rrmdir($dir."/".$object); else unlink($dir."/".$object);
+       }
+     }
+     reset($objects);
+     rmdir($dir);
+   }
+ } 	
 ?>
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